News
Palazzo Vecchio exhibits diamond work
Billionaire will fund development of derelict site to include museums and galleries
But despite strong headline sales, missed estimates and cautious collectors mean no return to wild days
A century ago, an exhibition in London gave us the term post-impressionism. But who prompted Roger Fry to name it?
Joe Simon-Whelan spent three years trying to prove authenticity of painting
Two exhibitions reflect city’s growing status as cultural centre
“Leadership role” appears to have passed to foundation’s director
The London institution is one of 22 arts universities facing 100% reductions in funding
Long-term loan from British collector would gather controversial works in public
Gallery paid £11,000 for“Backs” in 1957
Collapse of the House of the Gladiators highlights failures at the historic site
Vittorio Sgarbi marks 150 years of unity with giant show
Palazzo Vecchio exhibits diamond work
Eleven modern sculptures were unearthed in Berlin
Cocktails, auctions, tours of art stores and major shows help draw an international audience
Market
Pastel saved from Nazis to be sold
Munich gallery Terminus has been accused of copying works by artist Peter Anton
Firm will sell shares in works held by participating galleries
Firm will sell shares in works held by participating galleries
“Absurd” decision by European Commission means VAT of 20%, rather than 5%
Jewellery, watches, even shorts auctioned
Dealers risk arrest under act aimed at large-scale corruption
Top modern pieces sell well, but there are not many about
But the tempo was more waltz than jive
Latin American art sales continue to divide down commercial lines
Apart from the vase, there were other events in the UK capital
New director praised for curatorial approach
Books
Prominent figures in the art world recommend the best art books they read in 2010
Exhibition catalogue pays homage to the Russian impresario’s many talents
Portrait studies of contemporary US and British intellectuals
The National Portrait Gallery’s catalogue of paintings from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne
How Stuarts and republicans fought the battle for hearts and minds
This updated monograph on Jean Jouvenet is invaluable, but could have been better
How Italians established the prices of paintings
Contrasting treatments of the lives and works of Tiepolo and Canaletto
The catalogue of the Marlborough gems
A history and a study of the relationships between text and image
Why draughtsmanship is essential to making art
Comment
It is time the politicians learned to respect the experts in which Italy abounds—giving them the authority and resources they need
Conservation
The country temporarily suspends ties with the organisation over its labelling of West Bank sites
Artist recreates Ming village
Costume research investigates the public’s tolerance of dirt
The 15th-century polyptych is expected to be restored
Exhibitions
Jonathan Meese explains why he puts aggression and provocation centre stage—along with his mum
Features
The ancient Turkish city’s tenure as a European Capital of Culture has been underwhelming to say the least. What went wrong?
A politically tragic decade has nonetheless been good for much the public interest in art at a high and the frontiers of what is of the art world, with museums expanding and more crowded than ever, considered artistically interesting wider than at any time in history
Budapest, Zagreb and Warsaw raise their game with newer, bigger, better exhibition spaces
An immersive, digital film at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini reimagines the artist’s dark fantasies as if in three dimensions By Anna Somers Cocks
For Design Miami’s Designer of the Year, the hands-on approach is still vital to his work
Elmgreen and Dragset on splitting up but staying together and why they are putting their lives on stage By Clemens Bomsdorf
New film tells the story of Ivor Savitsky’s Uzbekistan museum
Museums
Penelope Curtis on making more of Tate Britain’s building and rehanging the collection
Governments agree to open exhibition spaces in Beijing and Rome
Critics accuse Sarkozy of chauvinism
National tour starts in Whitechapel
Museums need government approval to spend philanthropists’ gifts
Non-national museums fear loss of grant-in-aid
Trustees’ £142m property deal
Penelope Curtis on making more of Tate Britain’s building and rehanging the collection
Prince of Wales backs Arabic cultural centre for London 2012
First exhibition devoted to pre-revolutionary art to go on show in Asia Society, then tour North America
Oriental artefacts head west, European paintings go east
As the temporary Kunsthalle heads to Vienna, Berlin rethinks how best to showcase its young artists
But will Poland send back the Berlinka library
Icelandic museum fails to see funny side
Art Institute of Chicago and London’s V&A keep pace with digital creativity
Saving France’s “national treasure”
Sacred masterpieces sans the religiosity
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